{"id":1404362,"date":"2022-03-28T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404362"},"modified":"2022-03-28T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T13:00:53","slug":"naacp-official-denounces-will-smith-assaulting-chris-rock-casual-violence-normalized-will-have-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naacp-official-denounces-will-smith-assaulting-chris-rock-casual-violence-normalized-will-have-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"NAACP Official Denounces Will Smith Assaulting Chris Rock: Casual Violence Normalized will Have Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnaacp-official-denounces-will-smith-assaulting-chris-rock-casual-violence-normalized-will-have-consequences%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/chrisrockwillsmithnaacp1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Janai Nelson, president of the NAACP legal defense fund, denounce Will Smith for assaulting comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet shortly after the incident, Janai Nelson expressed dismay over the fact that the audience at the Academy Awards appeared to condone Smith\u2019s act of violence toward Chris Rock.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPeople are unraveling in front of our eyes but the show must go on. What is happening?\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know we\u2019re all still processing, but the way casual violence was normalized tonight by a collective national audience will have consequences that we can\u2019t even fathom in the moment,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People are unraveling in front of our eyes but the show must go on. What is happening? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Janai Nelson (@JNelsonLDF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JNelsonLDF\/status\/1508282893738647557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I know we\u2019re all still processing, but the way casual violence was normalized tonight by a collective national audience will have consequences that we can\u2019t even fathom in the moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars2022?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Janai Nelson (@JNelsonLDF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JNelsonLDF\/status\/1508293347068293124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Film Academy tweeted early Monday that it\u00a0\u201cdoes not condone violence of any form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Academy does not condone violence of any form.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Academy (@TheAcademy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAcademy\/status\/1508310547564953606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to unedited video and audio, the moment occurred while Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/jada-pinkett-smith-reveals-new-bald-look-struggles-with-alopecia\/\">hair<\/a>, which then prompted Will Smith to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/27\/watch-will-smith-smacks-chris-rock-on-stage-at-oscars\/\">storm the stage<\/a>\u00a0and strike the comedian in the face.<\/p>\n<p>Smith walked back to his seat and shouted to Chris Rock: \u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out your fucking mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full video\/audio of Will Smith vs. Chris Rock. (NSFW language obviously.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7pX27lI3J\">pic.twitter.com\/k7pX27lI3J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Silverstein (@SilversteinAdam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SilversteinAdam\/status\/1508271139461771271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Moments after the assault, Will Smith won his first Oscar for lead actor for his role in <em>King Richard<\/em>, in which he played Richard Williams, the father of tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janai Nelson, president of the NAACP legal defense fund, denounce Will Smith for assaulting comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night. 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